Re: Sun Talks about MySQL

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 08:43:09AM -0400, Chander Ganesan wrote:
> >
> > "This version now has zero bugs," Urlocker told eWEEK.
>
> That is pretty amusing, but I also liked this: "Mickos said innovation will
> move even faster now that about 100 experienced database engineers from Sun
> will be working on MySQL development."
>
> I guess they don't read _The Mythical Man-Month_ at Sun.

Not to rain on my MySQL/Sun bash parade, but your response is based on
the extremely poor assumption that Sun would put 100 developers on a
single project. While Sun has certainly had its share of
software-related problems in the past, I would hope that they
understand basic software project management. It's much more likely
that they will have teams of 6-8 people working on individual
projects.

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